21 Jan 2019

Did War Just Begin? IAF Strikes and Iranian Fires Rocket at Golan
A daring Israeli daylight airstrike led to Iranian forces in Syria firing a rocket at the Golan leading an Israeli minister to call this “open confrontation with Iran.” Shortly after the airstrikes, IDF Iron Dome anti-missile systems shot down a projectile fired at Israel from Syria on Sunday. The rocket fire was observed by Israeli civilians skiing on the slopes of Mount Hermon. The IDF blamed Iranian Al Quds forces for the missile fired at Israel.

Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 73 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico
A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j6tj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6tj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

EU calls for new Palestinian elections, expresses ‘concern’ with lack of democracy
In light of the continued power struggle between Fatah and Hamas, the prospect of holding new elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is slim to none. Its local heads of mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a statement on the matter after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian Legislative Council at the end of December and said that new elections would be held within six months. The move effectively left the Palestinians without any elected governmental body.

First ‘Polar Vortex’ Of 2019 Touted As Evidence Of Global Warming. It’s Not
The New York Times is pushing the theory that cold snaps are becoming more frequent because of global warming. However, many scientists disagree that global warming is making U.S. winters colder. “Such claims make no sense and are inconsistent with observations and the best science,” said one scientist.

Taiwan holds live-fire military drills as 80 percent reject Chinese rule
Taiwan on Thursday held live-fire military exercises off its coast amid concerns that Beijing could move to annex the democratic island, which has never been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. Off the west-coast city of Taichung, targets were set up to give firing practice to artillery units and assault helicopters, while the island’s air force flew French-made Mirage fighter jets from its base at Hsinchu in the north.

‘Disarm America Movement’ Gunning for Your Second Amendment Rights
An NRATV report specifically applies the “Disarm America Movement” moniker to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), as well as the Democrats lining up to win their party’s 2020 nomination. They note that these Democrats perpetuate the “farcical strategies … [like] universal background checks—the newest and shiniest object the Disarm America Movement has brought to the table.”

Magnitude 6.7 Quake Strikes Chile, Kills Two: USGS
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the coast of north-central Chile on Saturday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with authorities reporting as many as 200,000 without power and two people dead of heart attacks.

10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack in northern Mali
Ten UN peacekeepers from Chad were killed and at least 25 were wounded while repelling an attack by armed assailants near a village in northern Mali on Sunday, the West African nation’s UN mission and the United Nations said

Netanyahu: Those who threaten to destroy us will bear full responsibility
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday afternoon at the opening of the Ilan and Asaf Ramon Airport, referring to Syria in a statement that anyone who “threatens to destroy us will bear full responsibility.” Netanyahu said the airstrikes on Syria on Monday had mainly targeted military positions set up by Iran, which he warned would face consequences for threatening to destroy Israel.

IDF: Iran fired missile from Syrian area we were promised Iran had left
The missile that was fired into the Israeli Golan Heights on Sunday…was fired from an area near Damascus which Israel had been assured was empty of Iranian forces. “The firing of the missile yesterday, a launch that could have killed civilians, was fired by Iranians out of Damascus within an area that we were promised that there would be no Iranians,” IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis told reporters Monday morning.

Israel hits Iranian targets in Syria, responding to missile shot at Hermon
IDF fighter jets struck Iranian and Syrian military targets…throughout Syria in the predawn hours of Monday, in response to the firing of a surface-to-surface missile fired by Iranian forces a day earlier…the airstrikes were carried out in three waves and targeted military targets belonging to Iran’s Quds Force in Syria, including weapons storage sites, a site at Damascus International Airport, an Iranian intelligence site and an Iranian training camp.

Iran says ready for war with Israel that will ‘lead to its destruction’
The commander of the Iranian Air Force warned on Monday that Iran was prepared for a decisive war with Israel, “which will bring an end to the IDF’s attacks on Syria.” “Our armed forces are prepared for a war that will bring the crushing destruction of Israel,” he said, according to media reports. “We are ready for the day when we will see the end of Israel.”

China economy: Annual growth slowest since 1990
China’s economy grew at its slowest rate since 1990, stoking fears about the impact on the global economy. China expanded at 6.6% in 2018, official figures out Monday showed. In the three months to December, the economy grew 6.4% from a year earlier, down from 6.5% in the previous quarter. The data was in line with forecasts but underlines recent concern about weakening growth in the world’s second-biggest economy.

Majority of world population support globalism, survey finds
Maybe populist political movements don’t have as much support as often presumed. The global public favours cooperation between nations, thinks immigration is a good thing and believes climate scientists, according to a poll of 10,000 people in every region of the world. The poll was commissioned by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and will be discussed at panels at this year’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Bible site where ‘God met Moses’ to be BULLDOZED for ‘super city’ by Saudi Arabia
Bible scholars have claimed there is evidence that suggests the peak Jabal al-Lawz in the Middle Eastern kingdom is actually Mount Sinai. The site is a 8,460 foot peak known as the “mountain of almonds”, located in north east Saudi Arabia near the border with Jordan. Moses leads the Israelites to the mountain which is enveloped by fire, smoke and thunder, according to the Book of Exodus in the Bible.

Arctic Blast Bringing Dangerously Cold Wind Chills to the East on Monday
The coldest air of the season so far has roared southward toward the East Coast, resulting in dangerously cold wind chills on Monday. Wind chill warnings and advisories have been issued by the National Weather Service from parts of the Great Lakes into the mid-Atlantic, upstate New York and New England. These alerts are issued when there is a danger of frostbite or hypothermia in short amounts of time.

FINALLY: Congressman Introduces Bill to Get the U.S. Out of the United NationsAs outrage over the United Nations continues to grow, legislation to restore American sovereignty by withdrawing from the scandal-plagued UN was introduced in Congress this month. In addition to getting the U.S. government out of the UN and evicting the global outfit’s headquarters from U.S. soil, the bill would end American involvement in the full panoply of UN agreements and agencies. It would also prohibit putting of U.S. troops under UN command.

Big Data meets Big Gov’t: New IRS spy softwareOne of the reasons identify theft is considered by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to be the crime of the century is because of the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service makes growing demands for information about people’s businesses and private lives every day. There is no such thing as personal privacy these days. That the IRS sends citizens a so-called “Privacy Act Notice” in all its mailings is a farce.